Fence-stay.



No. 841,177. PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907.

APPLICATION P I L E D S E P T l 1 1 9 0 6.

'a citizen of the United States, residing at 'Texas,have invented a new and useful Fenoeor. b eing sageof animals sirable', is effective in its bracing or staying applied thereto.

1 brace therefor.

FENCE-STAY.

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be itknown that LTnoMAs MORTIN PRICE,

Itasca, in the county of Hill and State of Stay, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for mainta'iningstrands or line-wires of fences in rela tijvely. fixed relation to prevent their sagging forced apart by the attempted pasbetween them.

The principal object is to provide a simple article of manufacture that can be readily applied to a'fence wherever a stay is deemed'de-- action, and can be very cheaply produced. -Two embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherem- Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a portion of a woven fence, showing one form of stay Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a portion of an ordinary line-Wire fence, illustratin a slightly-different form of stay thereon; ig. 3 is an end view of the stay illus Specification of Letters Patent.

I Application filed September 11,1906. Serial No. 334,129.

trated in Fig. 2.

Similar reference-numerals designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawm s.

' dieferring first to the embodiment disclosed in Fig. 1, the fence (designated as a whole by the reference-numeral 4) may be of any desired structure and in itself constitutes no part of the present invention. The stay associated therewith comprises a straight sh ank 5 of wire, and a retaining-coil 6, extend ing from end to end of the straight shank and surroundin the same. The lower end of the coil is free om the lower end of the shank.

The upper end of said shank is offset, as

shown at 7, and the upper end of the coil is connected to the offset. v

In the present construction thegentire stay is formed from a single piece of'wire; but it may be of separate pieces, as disclosed in the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3.

In using the device, after the fence has been erected, the lower end of the stay is placed upon the top of the fence at the point desired and said stay is rotated, whereupon it will feed downwardly through the fence fabric and intermesh with the strands or wires thereof. When in place, it constitutes an effective stay that will prevent sagging and bulging of the fence, constituting an efiicient rs s rrns gram? orrron.

TEXAS.

Patented. Jan; 15, 1907. I

The embodimentillustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 is designed more particularly for fences haying straight line-wires, though it may be as readily employed with fences of woven wire, if desired. The straight shank (desig nated 8) is'of comparatively heavy wire and, in fact, may be a small rod; Its upper end is offset, as shown at 9'. The coil 10 is formed of li hter wire and extends from, end to end of t e shank 8, surrounding the same, as

clearlyvillustrated. The upper end of the coil 10 is secured to the offset terminal 9 of the shank by being wrapped ti htly upon the same, as shown at 11', so that t e parts are irremovablyfixed together and are held against relative rotation. This en bodiment of the invention'is applied in the same manneras the stay first described and when in-place constitutes a very'effective stay, the heavier shank 8 obviating toa great extent the danger of the stay bending. The lower end of the coil -1O may be coiled about thelower line-wire of the fence as indicated in dotted lines .at '12, thus preventing the detachment of the stay by malici usly-disposed persons.

From the foregoing it'is thought that, the construction, operation. and many advantages of the herein-described invention will be a parent to those skilled in the art with out "urther description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, and minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the s'piritor sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is' y 1. As an article of manufacture, a fencestay comprising a substantially straight shank, and a retaining-coil surrounding the shank and irremovably fixed at one end to the same, said coil and shank being heldb'ytheir connection against relative rotation.

2.v As an article, 'of manufacture, a fence-- stay comprising a substantiallyv straight shank having .an offset terminal, and a retaining-coil surrounding the shank and fixed tothe offset terminal thereof, said coil and shank being held by their connection against relative rotation.

3. As' an article of manufacture, a fence- ,stay comprising a substantially straight heavy shank having an offset terminal, and a lighter retaining-coil surrounding the shank and fixed to the ofiset terminal thereof, said coil andshank being held by their connection vagainst relative rotation and having their ends which are opposite to the connection ontirely free from each other.

4. As an article of manufacture, a fencestay comprising a straight shank, and a retainin'g-coil surrounding the shank and coiled from end to end, said coil and shank being connected at one end of the stay only, leavro ing their other ends free to permit the stay,

when rotated, to feed freely downward through a fence. i a

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presenceof two witnesses.

THOMAS MOR TIN PR ICE.

Witnesses:

W. H. COFFMAN, E. S. MoELRoY. 

